Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-07-28
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Size 1924 feet; posts l4feet long, SKI
inches; upright or barn siding IL fec.
long. battened; lower story y feet;
double doors below. each p fee, wide,
with narrow window each side of door;
single door above4 feet wide with 1S-
inch octagon window above this; large
dou bic sash windows in rear and above
and below; sash hung on bolts 30 tho
bottom of each sash will turn out and
top in. like the shutters on window
blind. The advantage of this 10 that
the window when open viii admit air
but exclude storms. A corn crib 81
feet wide inside occupies the entire
left side below. and another Of tho
same width the rear half of right side.
Both floors are made of matched floor
ing; the lower end laid lengthwise Of
granary. This facilitates using .
scoop in crib. or sliding anything along
the floor to or from the door.
The partition forming the inside Of
crib is sided up IS inches with flooring
and the remainder Of space has 113
battens one inch apart. This gives q
chance to spread damp grain or damp
meal on the floor. and it will be found
very convenient. The bottoms of cribs
are formed OF battens. and outside also.
leaving inches space between same
and siding. A small door for shovel
ing in corn from outside opens into
each half Of crib By opening these
and the windows in the rear end Of
granary, you get draft through and
around the corn. Grain bins Al feet
wide and 5 feet high run the entire
length Of each side on the upper floor
These are each divided into four bins
st feet long. Multiplying length.
breadth and depth Expressed in feet)
together; multiplying this produc;
by 4, and dividing the remaining
product by S. gives 103 bushels as
the contents Of each bin. This is y
very simple rule and accurate enough
for most purposes. Chutes run from
the bottoms Of these bins below. pass
ing down beside the corn cribs to
within thir ty-ive inches of floor. Bags
or barrels can be filed from these very
rapidly and easily. The bottoms Of
these bins ean be made hopper
shaped if desired. The stairs are in
the center of the front end. leading
rearward from a point about five feet
in front of doors The upper end of
the stairs is hinged to n cross-beam.
From the left side Of the lower end IA
cord passes up over = pulley in the
gable to a weight which balances the
stairs so they cam readily be raised mp
against the upper floor joist. when the
space they occupy is needed.
Unless one is fortunate enough to
have better one.. the rear end of the
upper story can be used rs workshop.
Leaving out one bimgives II convenient
space for workbench Tho space at
the right on the first floor ut tie front
end of crib is occupied BY bins for
meal and bran. Tho lower part Of
these. Is inches high. is 81 feet wide.
with hinged covers. fbrnsing a takc-out
to the bins. The upper part is of the
same width rs the crib. with doors to-
ward the top for filling the bins. If
any one suggests that the grain bins
ought to be on the first floor, please
whisper to him that ONE can carry
bag of grain above; emptr it and fill it
again, from the chute. below in less
time than he can empty it below and
till it again with u hnlf-btlshcl scoop or
any thing else.
The only fault with this granary is
that it ought to be movoa into the barn
Just outside the thresliiig floor. where
loads to and from it coula be unloaded
and loaded from the Earn floor. and
grain not ground hbwmin chutcs below
for feeding. In this connection it is
we'll to remember thas IN insurance
company will charge no more for in
surfing grain in = BARN than in gram
airy ten rods fromithe bnrn But some
one may suggest that Reinsurance COM
panies do not insure against rats and
mice. OF course not, But bins made Of
maple with the exposed joints protect
ed with strips of tin, would do this.
Cor. Ohio Farmer.
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